Education
These goos are from the Education category, people famous for teaching or otherwise being involved in education. Browse another way.
Alison Scott-Baumann
If a certain site user wanted to switch from being a lawyer to a public schoolteacher, he'd do well to study under this British expert. Go »
Anne Sullivan
broken doll, sign language, based on a Broadway play Go »
Bill Nye
This guy brought clever book smarts and bow-tie friendliness to educational TV. Go »
Booker T. Washington
By the way, the Tuskegee Institute's first leader wasn't just a book-learning guy: He championed Black education so effectively that a few decades of Black history are known as the Age of him. Go »
Brené Brown
This professor, lecturer, podcaster, and bestselling author has the courage to recognize imperfection as a gift. Go »
Brené Brown
If you dare to guess who she is, don't be ashamed if you're wrong. The answer will be unlocked soon. Go »
Carlos Frenk
This science professor left his native Mexico to study the cosmos in England. Go »
Cornel West
Western thought has produced few Ivy League professors more outspoken about race. Go »
Dan Gookin
Relation to this site may be questionable, but is a reference for the rest of us. Go »
Erin Gruwell
diary, Long Beach, freedom Go »
Frank Strong
A strong chancellor deserves a strong building built on a hill of limestone (chalk rock, if you will). Go »
Harold Bloom
He fires at the idea that Western literature isn't aesthetically better than global literature, or women's literature. Go »
Ibram X. Kendi
If you want to be against racism, you may as well learn how from this American university professor who has made it his career. Go »
Jaime Escalante
By all calculations, this Bolivian teacher delivered real results for his underprivileged students. Go »
Jaime Escalante
AP Calculus, Edward James Olmos, cheating scandal Go »
Jason Brennan
This DC-based professor would prefer an epistocracy in which most voters have a civic duty *not* to vote. Go »
Jill Ker Conway
This accomplished feminist educator came to Massachusetts by way of Australia. Go »
Joe Clark
Even if you don't know the answer, you should still take a swing at it. Go »
Joe Clark
Bill Withers song, chained doorways, Morgan Freeman Go »
John Scopes
After the $100 fine imposed on this teacher, Tennessee's laws did eventually evolve. Go »
Julia King
This British scholar has taught students about engineering and politicians about climate change. (Who's the king?) Go »
Laurette Séjourné
If you spent most of your time studying a flying snake, you'd also want to set up a classroom there just to keep your sanity. Go »
Leonard Skinner
This gym teacher was so reviled by some of his students, they named their (very successful) band after a mockery of his name. Go »
Lisa Delpit
Louisiana's minority students have a champion in this notable Baton Rouge teacher. Go »
LouAnne Johnson
Michelle Pfeiffer, former Marine, "Gangsta's Paradise" Go »
Maria Montessori
Mussolini thought she would help to create little fascists. This thrice-nominated Nobelian Dottoressa wasn’t interested. Go »
Marva Collins
Although she turned down the office of Secretary of Education, she was renowned for fostering expectations of excellence in inner city children many of whom others saw as unteachable. Go »
Mavis Beacon
Some players wouldn't be able to enter a guess without this woman's help. Go »
Melissa Cross
Cover your ears before you make this woman any angrier. Go »
Michael Cody
This musician saw what Brown could do for him and has been spreading the written word ever since. Go »
Michelle Ann Williams
This renowned Jamaican scientist is a dean at Harvard, which is in Cambridge, not in nearby Manchester-by-the-Sea. Go »
Noam Chomsky
Studying the phrasing of this clue could give you a hint, as long as you don't read too much into it. Go »
Peter Mark Roget
Synonyms for this reference compiler include linguist, neologist, lexicologist, linguistic scientist, and etymologist. Go »
Pierre Dulaine
I believe that this ballroom dance instructor cares about his students, but I don't believe that he looks like Antonio Banderas. Go »
Richard Lederer
This "riddler reacher" and "poker dap dad/padre kop" teaches wordplay such as anagrams and palindromes. Go »
Salman Khan
The views on this academic's tutoring videos add up to a lot of traffic. Go »
Stephen Ambrose
Some people make history. Others borrow it. Go »
Temple Grandin
even autistic cowgirls get the blues Go »
